Madrassa bill
The rift over the assent for the madrassa bill has come to a pass. The President of the Republic has finally signed it into a law after a hiatus, which apparently was aimed at arm-twisting an ally of the coalition government. The JUIF, which was part of the controversial 26th amendment to the Constitution, had […]
War-themed board game to launch in Taiwan
TAIPEI: A new board game set against the backdrop of armed conflict around Taiwan is set to be released in January 2025, amid renewed threats from Beijing, inviting players to participate in an imaginary Chinese invasion 20 years from now. The new game, titled 2045, tasks gamers with navigating the troubles of war by using […]
More than 70 killed in Ethiopia road accident – World
The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time on Sunday some 300 kilometres south of capital Addis Ababa in Sidama […]
K-P announces Rs200,000 grants for brides at mass weddings
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government on Monday announced a welfare programme to provide Rs200,000 cash grants to brides during mass wedding events across the province. The initiative aims to support over 4,000 women and alleviate the financial burden of marriage. The decision was made during a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, which […]
NA speaker to chair govt-PTI meeting on Jan 2 – Pakistan
National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will chair an in-camera meeting between negotiating teams representing the federal government and the PTI on January 2, a notification from the NA secretariat read on Monday. This will be the second meeting between the negotiating parties, discussing the PTI’s demands to release jailed party workers and the formation […]
Karachi roads to be cleared before Maghrib, says city police chief on ongoing protests – Pakistan
Karachi Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Javed Alam Odho said on Monday that the city’s roads would be cleared of protest sit-ins before Maghrib prayers, saying that citizens had “suffered enough” for the last three days. The sit-ins, which have been ongoing for the past week, blocked major roads to protest the Parachinar killings, […]
Trump ordered to pay $5m for sexual abuse, defamation
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury verdict ordering President-elect Donald Trump to pay $5 million for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. A New York jury found after a nine-day civil trial last year that the former president had sexually abused Carroll at a Manhattan department store in 1996. Trump […]
Fresh polio case in KP takes year’s tally to 68 – Pakistan
Pakistan on Monday reported a new polio case in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the year’s tally to 68, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic, with the disease mostly affecting children under five, […]
Biden announces $2.5 billion in fresh military aid to Ukraine – World
US President Joe Biden announced $2.5 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine on Monday as he uses his final weeks in office to surge military aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes power. “At my direction, the United States will continue to work relentlessly to strengthen Ukraine’s position in this war over the […]
JI pledges to stand by Kashmiris until freedom: Hafiz Naeem
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, has urged the government to take practical steps for the liberation of occupied Kashmir, stressing that the party will stand by the people of Kashmir until their freedom is achieved. In a statement issued by the Jamaat-e-Islami’s Media and Publication Department, Hafiz Naeem remarked that resolving the issues faced […]